Rada

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Rada is the term for "parliament" or "assembly" or some other "council" in several Slavic languages. Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet". It also carries a meaning of advice, as in the English word "counsel".

Råd in Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish, Rat in German, neuvosto or raati in Finnish and nõukogu or raad in Estonia/Dutch mean "council" or "assembly", but also "advice", as it does in East Slavic (except Russian) and West Slavic, but not South Slavic, languages.

In Swedish the verb råda (to counsel or recommend is one meaning, the other is to rule) is based on the substantive råd. This is similar to Danish råd (noun) and råde (verb).

In Belarus

• Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, provisional parliament of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (now in exile)
• Belarusian Central Rada, the government of Belarus from 1943–44, which was established as a puppet by Nazi Germany

• Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council)
• Rada Jedności Narodowej (Council of National Unity)
• Rada Nieustająca (Permanent Council)
• Rada Polityki Pieniężnej (Monetary Policy Council)
• Rada Trzech
  (Council of Three)
• Rada robotnicza (Workers' Council)

In Russia

• Kuban Rada, supreme council of the Kuban Cossack host (1917-1920)^[2]

In Slovakia

• Slovenská národná rada
  (1848–1849)
• Slovenská národná rada (1941)
• Slovenská národná rada (1918)
• Slovenská národná rada (1920)
• Slovenská národná rada (1932)
• Slovenská národná rada (1939–1940)
• Slovenská národná rada (1943–1960)
• Slovenská národná rada (1943–1992)
• Slovak Republic
  (since 1992)

In Ukraine

• Cossack Rada
  • Sich Rada, Host Council of Zaporizhian Sich
  • Pereiaslavska rada, of the Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654
  • Chorna rada of 1663
• Tsentralna Rada (lit. "Central Council"), parliament of the Ukrainian People's Republic
• UkSSR
• Verkhovna Rada (lit. "Supreme Council"), the parliament of Ukraine
  • Verkhovna Rada building
  • Rada TV channel
• Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
• Kyivska miska rada, Kyiv City Council

Historically, the Verkhovna Rada was also the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка, УРСР, romanized: Ukrayins'ka Radyans'ka Sotsialistychna Respublika, URSR), which was itself part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Ukrainian: Союз Радянських Соціалістичних Республік, СРСР), the word rada replacing the Russian word soviet in both cases. See official names of the Soviet Union.